Good Man Operation Guide

It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that all the colleagues who saw the scene were shocked.

Everyone in the Seventh Precinct knew that Leader Lin was a man who hated physical contact. and he didn’t like sharing anything with others. He had touched corpses more often than he had touched living people , even though he was wearing gloves.

However, that kind of Leader Lin actually helped Shui Wei put a jacket on, in full view of the public.

Besides, if they remembered correctly, that was Leader Lin’s own jacket. right? They all saw him wearing it in the morning.

They were all eating instant noodles, chatting and joking around. and were about to throw away the foam bowls. But suddenly, it was as if they were all bewitched, frozen in place. maintaining their positions.

Shui Wei, who always observed her surroundings, didn’t see the expressions of her colleagues. Her mind was still filled with the terrifying scene she had just seen.

Until the boyfriend in front of her gently took her hand and transmitted the warmth through his hand...

Touching Shui Wei’s cold hand, the man set his eyes on Shui Wei’s face, and his beautiful eyebrows slightly frowned. He looked back at the empty corridor along her line of sight and saw nothing. His eyes were a little more confused.

He simply took Shui Wei’s hand and walked straight toward the office.

“It’s too cold outside, come inside.”

Shui Wei was still in shock and subconsciously went along with Lin Shiheng.

— Thump.

When the door was gently closed, the group crouched outside and remained petrified before inhaling a heavy gasp.

“Was l dreaming? Did Leader Lin drape his jacket over Ah Wei??"

“More than that! They were holding hands!"

“Dear God! Should l go to buy lottery tickets? Did the sunrise from the west today?"

“Last night. Leader Lin agreed, but l thought he was joking. Today, seeing him is no different from usual, l was certain. I didn’t expect it to be true."

“I figured it out a long time ago. When have you guys ever seen Leader Lin joking around? I shared it with you guys at lunch today, but you thought l was overthinking it."

The group of people , like students whose teacher suddenly left during class, exploded with enthusiasm for the scene they just saw and gathered together to happily discuss it.

Feng Kaiyuan was aware of it. Although he was a little surprised that such an indifferent person like Leader Lin would show affection in public, he wasn’t as shocked as the other colleagues. They were acting as if a meteorite had fallen to earth.

He got up, took a couple of steps to where Shui Wei was standing before, picked up the dropped sausage. and wiped it on his clothes.

Alas, when people are in love, they forget to eat.

Lin Shiheng took Shui Wei to her desk. After watching her sit down in a daze, his eyebrows twitched. He turned around and took a cup from his desk, and went to get a cup of water from the water dispenser.

“It’s a little hot, so don’t drink it just yet.”

Placing the cup of water into Shui Wei's hands, the man's voice reminded her as he stood in front of Shui Wei’s desk.

Shui Wei gripped the cup. The warmth of the hot water passed through the cup and helped her to settle down a little. However, her heart was still pounding from the shock of the scene she had just seen.

“There’s something wrong with you when l approached you earlier."

The man’s slender hand fell on the table. His white fingers gently tapped on the table. and his good-looking eyes slightly narrowed as he looked at Shui Wei.

The magnetic voice faintly sounded in her ear, “Pupils dilated, cold sweat on your forehead, and your hands and fingers are slightly curled. Your whole body is sending signals that you’re very tense."

“Besides that, your lips are trembling, and your legs could hardly move. That’s saying you’re trying to escape, but your brain is cutting off control over your body.”

As Lin Shiheng said so, his gaze fell into Shui Wei’s eyes. Their eyes met, and his handsome face was full of certainty.

“Your eyes were always on the corridor, but when l looked back, there was nothing in the corridor. Shui Wei, what are you afraid of?"

“I, l...”

Even if the temperature of the hot water warmed her hands, Shui Wei was still in confusion. She didn’t expect that before she had time to think about whether to tell Lin Shiheng, he had already surmised everything through her facial expression.

Thinking about the figure that suddenly appeared and disappeared, she could almost feel the stabbing pain in her heart because of tension.

But could she really tell people about this kind of thing?

It wasn’t the superstitious era of the past. Everyone believed in science.

No, that’s not right.

Shui Wei forced her mind to slowly relax. She believed in Lin Shiheng more than science.

Having witnessed the strong and calm side of this man no matter where he was, having heard his stories countless times, and now that he was also her boyfriend, he had to be more trustworthy than the others, no matter what.

After trying to convince herself, Shui Wei’s lips, which were slightly white because of the shock, regained some colour.

“I just... saw Zou Mingfang in the corridor.”

“Zou Mingfang?”

Lin Shiheng really questioned. To Shui Wei’s relief, he didn’t directly deny or reassure her that she was mistaken, nor did he look shocked. After repeating the words, he seriously listened.

“Yes, it was her.”

Shui Wei closed her eyes and recalled it. With a pale look on her face, she said, “She looked the way she did when she died. Both her hands and feet were bound, and her face was pale and swollen from the water. She was wearing the same clothes that she wore when her body was found yesterday. Her eyes were wide open. And she was just standing there in the corridor, staring at me."

Even though she had disappeared, actively recalling that horrific scene on its own still made Shui Wei grip the cup tightly. Even her breathing was a bit ragged.

“In a soul state?"

The look on Lin Shiheng’s face remained the same as if what he heard wasn’t a ghost sighting but a normal event.

“Is she still around? We might need a monk or a priest.”

Needless to say, he was still so calm, causing Shui Wei’s heart, which was tense because of fear to subconsciously loosen up.

“No, she’s gone. I think you ran into her when you came out just now, and she disappeared."

“Leader Lin. aren’t you afraid?"

“It’s just a soul."

In a flat tone. the man explained, “Someone once did an experiment. A dying man was placed on a scale; he weighed differently than when he was placed on the scale after death. Hence, they proposed that human beings have souls. When a person is alive, their soul stays in the body, and when a human being dies, the soul leaves the body."

Shui Wei was a bit stunned. She had heard of this example. but in the past, she was busy reading and studying every day, and then she joined the workforce. She wasn’t interested in finding out more about it, so it only went in one ear and out the other.

“But she looked scary."

As Shui Wei said so, her face was pale, and her gaze empty. She murmured, “Her face was so swollen that l couldn’t see what she was supposed to look like. Her eyes were white, looking straight at me. It was like a horror movie."

“Compared to horror movies, our profession doomed us to come into contact with different corpses constantly. I once saw a corpse that had been dumped after death. The victim was already decomposing, and several of our colleagues had to vomit.”

Lin Shiheng expressionlessly spoke ill of Feng Kaiyuan, “Especially Feng Kaiyuan, who arrived at the scene just after eating. When he saw the body, he threw up all the food he had just eaten. It got all over himself, and some of it splashed on my shoes. Compared with that corpse, l think his vomit was even more disgusting.”

Looking at his girlfriend with a pair of clear eyes, he criticised dryly, and there was even a trace of grievance in his eyes, which had never shown any emotions, “They were a pair of new shoes l just bought.”

The man that was always cold in front of people looked aggrieved because of a pair of new shoes. Shui Wei nearly laughed out loud. and the tense atmosphere before also disappeared.

“You’re right. Although I’m still a newcomer, I’ve read about a lot of cases in school before. I have seen a lot of even more horrifying corpses. Zou Mingfang’s face had been swollen and deformed, but it shouldn’t scare me.”

She was scared because it was something that shouldn’t have appeared.

Thinking about that, Shui Wei suppressed her fears and began to worry about what was to come, “Will she do something to me?"

“The soul was once a human being. Even if she really is in a soul state, she should be looking for her killer. It wouldn’t have anything to do with you.”

That made sense.

Shui Wei gradually relaxed, “Every injustice has its perpetrator, every debt has its debtor. Even if she became an evil spirit, she shouldn’t be looking for me."

(TNote: injustice has its perpetrator; every debt has its debtor = grievances should be taken up with the wrongdoer.)

“But what if she shows up next time?”

Lin Shiheng looked at his girlfriend, whose facial expression had begun to warm up, and thought for a moment. “We don’t know why she showed up yet. I’ll keep watch over you in the meantime. If she shows up, we can communicate with her and see what she really wants.”

His attitude was quite natural. Obviously, he was very accustomed to arranging everything. Although Shui Wei was no longer afraid, her brain was also flustered by these things, and she couldn’t think straight for the time being. She just nodded her head and agreed.

“Okay, let’s find out what she wants first.”

After she had calmed down, although she was still a bit shocked. her mind gradually improved, “Leader Lin, you haven’t eaten. Aren’t you hungry?"

“It’s okay, I’ll eat after work.”

Lin Shiheng turned back. took out a piece of tissue paper from his desk, came back, and placed the tissue on Shui Wei’s forehead. He gently wiped the cold sweat from her forehead.

Shui Wei blushed and looked at the man in front of her. He was handsome. Although there was no expression on his face, his pair of good-looking eyes was seriously staring at her forehead.

The strength of the wipe was also gentle. It was just right.

Although Leader Lin looked very unapproachable on the outside, in his heart. he must be a very gentle person.

Shui Wei blushed and looked straight at her boyfriend. The shock just now was replaced by the rising pink bubbles.

When this case got solved, maybe they could try dating after work.

Eat delicious food, visit beautiful sceneries, watch movies and hold hands.

Lin Shiheng withdrew his hand, “You’re blushing. Are you thinking of me?"

Shui Wei lightly coughed and nodded with a red face.

The corners of his lips slightly hooked upward in a very small arc. The tone of his voice, which was always cold before, carried a hint of fluctuation.

“I’m thinking about you, too.”

Ah, this damn temptation!

Shui Wei covered her cheeks, seemingly about to explode. If not for the wrong occasion, she just wanted to pull her boyfriend into a kiss.

She hadn’t lost her admiration for Lin Shiheng and respect for her boss. However, she could kiss him on the cheek instead of the mouth, right?

Shui Wei started to plan where they would go for a date after work in her head.

As for the female ghost?

Come to think of it, compared with the files about the dismembered body case, she wasn’t so scary, except for the swollen face.